Be'lakor has revealed that guitarist Shaun Sykes will be sitting out upcoming tour dates throughout the rest of 2015 for medical reasons. Shaun comments:

“To the fans,

"Over the past 12 months I have been battling with a medical condition that will render me unable to play on the upcoming European tour. This has been a very difficult decision to make, and no one is more disappointed than I am to be missing these upcoming shows in Europe. Matt Dodds (guitarist from one of my favourite bands, Arbrynth) will be filling in for me during my absence, and will no doubt do a stellar job.

"My number one focus at this point in time is to complete the album and recover to a point where I can return to my regular duties in the band. Despite my setbacks, everything is going well in my recovery and I expect to be back soon. I want you all to know I am fully committed to getting back out there and playing shows for you guys.

"My sincerest apologies to you all."

Be'lakor also adds: "Despite this, preparations for the upcoming shows are going really well - after an extended period finalising our new music away from the stage, we can't wait to play live again. Cheers, and see you on the road soon!"

If you are planning your Summer vacation and are looking for a place where your favourite bands might have a show, where the beer is outrageously cheap, and the landscape is awesome, you might want to try the lands of Transylvania.

We’re talking about a particular place from this region: Rasnov city, placed in the heart of Romania, near the legendary Castle of Dracula.

Here, an international extreme metal festival is to be held August 12th – 15th 2015: the Rockstadt Extreme Fest. The full ineup includes 45 bands with names such as Moonspell, At The Gates, Marduk, Combichrist, Ensiferum, Kataklysm, Carnifex, Taake, Cattle Decapitation, White Walls, Krisiun, Be'lakor, Suicidal Angels, and many more confirmed.

Besides good music, you’ll be able to enjoy urban sports in a special area inside the festival site, see movies in the dedicated outdoor cinema (set-up in collaboration with the Dracula Film Fest), and more. For further details, head over to this location. More...

Australian outfit Be'lakor is currently working on the follow-up to 2012's "Of Breath and Bone." The band has checked in from the studio with the following update:

"Fourth album recording is upon us! After nearly three years of writing and refining, we begin tracking today. If you're on Instagram, follow us there! What better way to see studio updates, photos of gluten-free organic quinoa, and Steve brewing his artisan tea? Infernal hailz." More...

Following its European release in late 2012 via Kolony Records, this week the third full-length from Australian melodic death metal act Be'lakor sees official stateside liberation through Kolony’s new North American distribution via eOne Entertainment.

To celebrate its stateside release, today This Is Not A Scene is hosting a stream of the massive "Of Breath And Bone" in its entirety. Check it out here or in the player below.

New live ventures for Be'lakor are coming together to take place sporadically throughout the remainder of 2013 in support of the new album. Stay tuned for new updates. The following press release was also issued about the album:

"Of Breath And Bone takes the talents of young but motivated and exceptionally talented Melbourne, Victoria-based quintet Be'lakor to entirely new levels since previous releases. Following the band’s self-released 2007 debut The Frail Tide, Italian label Kolony Records brought the crew into the label’s family for the release of their follow-up, in the form of 2009’s Stone’s Reach album. Stone’s Reach led the band to perform at massive international festivals including Summer Breeze, in addition to European tours and solo international appearances across the continent.

"Having refined their talents even further, the band’s superb third album Of Breath And Bone further exemplifies Be'lakor’s superior metal prowess. Boasting nearly an hour of prime, harmonious death metal, Of Breath And Bone proves why the band is considered the leading melodic death metal band in all of Australia, mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street studios (Opeth, Paradise Lost, Amon Amarth)." More...

Italian metal label Kolony Records has inked a brand new distribution deal for all of North America through DisManic via eOne Distribution. Having continually expanded to reach more and more European fans and stores since the label’s 2008 formation, with this new distro deal Kolony now aims to get their quality metal releases into the hands of more North American extreme music fans, beginning late this spring with the latest release from Be'lakor.

"Of Breath And Bone" was successfully released by Kolony records across Europe in mid 2012, and is now set to become available to North American fans on June 4th, 2013. The following press release was issued about the band:

"Considered the leading melodic death metal band in all of Australia, despite the young age of its members, the success of Be'lakor’s previous 'Stone’s Reach' album led the band to perform at massive international festivals including Summer Breeze, in addition to European tours and solo international appearances across the continent. More...

The organizers of the upcoming Summer Breeze 2012 festival have issued the following update about confirming new acts:

"Italy is not exactly a hotbed for dark doom metal. Fortunately enough, there are always exceptions to confirm the rule. With the three albums they have released so far, The Foreshadowing have provided a master class in gloom and doom. Hailing from Rome, the band prove that it is indeed possible to write great atmospheric songs without falling into excessive pathos and kitsch. Especially singer Marco Benevento's clear, ear-piercing vocals take the group's material to a level which is only populated by bands such as Katatonia, My Dying Bride, early Anathema and even Opeth. Don't miss this black pearl of darkness! You will hardly experience anything bigger, darker and more epic at Summer Breeze 2012!

"Breakdowns aren't exactly the most innovative element in metal nowadays... However, if you use them with such conviction and vehemence as Bleed From Within, even the most athletically challenged of metalheads should soon mutate into pit fighter number one. The UK band have two albums out which should appeal to fans of As I Lay Dying, Bring Me The Horizon and Parkway Drive, while at times Bleed From Within are even more melodic than the aforementioned bands, only to dive into a brutal breakdown the very next second. All fans of metalcore and deathcore should highlight this band in their personal running order, as this is the perfect stuff for all of them!"

The festival is set to take place from August 16th - 18th, will full details available at this location. The currently announced bill is as follows: More...

Australia's Be'lakor has posted the entire new "Of Breath and Bone" album online for streaming, which can be heard in the playlist below or by heading over to the band's YouTube page here. Be'lakor commented:

"On the eve of the launch of ‘Of Breath and Bone’, we have decided to make the whole album available on YouTube for your listening pleasure. Be sure to subscribe to our channel and share with your friends! The album officially launches tomorrow and will be available for purchase digitally and physically – stay tuned."

The track listing is as follows:

1. Abeyance2. Remnants3. Fraught4. Absit Omen5. To Stir the Sea6. In Parting7. The Dream and the Waking8. By Moon and Star More...

After previously posting the song "Remnants" online, Be'lakor has now uploaded another new track titled "Absit Omen." Check out the song in the player below, and the band also commented:

"Very happy to announce that the second song from 'Of Breath and Bone,' 'Absit Omen,' is now available to listen to on Youtube, with pre-orders also available.

"By heading to this location you can place your pre-order for either the standard jewel case version of the album or the special edition digipack. Each digipack will be individually numbered and signed by the band, and will also come with two Be'lakor guitar picks and a sticker with the album art.

"For those who would be interested in getting the very first copy of the 200 digipacks (clearly marked as 1 of 200), bids can be placed at eBay. If you have already purchased the digipack but would like to bid for copy number 1, we will gladly refund your initial digipack purchase if your bid is successful). Thanks for the great support, and we hope you enjoy the new music!" More...

Be'lakor has posted a new song online for streaming titled "Remnants," which can be heard in the player below. The band also commented:

"After three years, we are very pleased to be able to make our first new song from 'Of Breath and Bone' available! This is track two, entitled 'Remnants'. Please share this video with your friends. Pre-orders will be available from 8 May 2012 at our website and Kolony Records. We hope you enjoy it."

The track listing for "Of Breath and Bone" is as follows:

1. Abeyance2. Remnants3. Fraught4. Absit Omen5. To Stir the Sea6. In Parting7. The Dream and the Waking8. By Moon and Star More...

Australian melodic death metal band Be'lakor announced that it's third LP will be entitled "Of Breath and Bone" and will be released on June 4, 2012 through Prime Cuts Music. The album's artwork and track listing can be seen below.

The track listing for "Of Breath and Bone" is as follows:

1. Abeyance2. Remnants3. Fraught4. Absit Omen5. To Stir the Sea6. In Parting7. The Dream and the Waking8. By Moon and Star More...

Be'lakor's third album is due out this coming April/May 2012, and the band has now posted another brief recording clip online, which can be viewed below. Be'lakor commented on the footage:

"Recording update and another short song preview! This time, from one of the recent keyboard recording sessions at Penny Drop Audio in Melbourne (complete with bare feet at the end, which is no doubt the key to a good take ;) All album tracking is now complete. It's been a long and challenging process, as always, but we think the results will be worth it."

Be'lakor has posted a video clip of Shaun Sykes recording some lead guitars for the band's forthcoming third album, due out April/May 2012. The clip is available below, and the band commented:

"Hey everyone. We'll be putting up a new video from our recording sessions in a day or so (keyboard recording), but just in case you missed our most recent one, here's a short clip of Shaun recording lead guitars. We're so close to being finished now - getting ready to start the mixing / mastering process with Jens Bogren soon." More...

Swedish death metal giants Amon Amarth are the latest band to confirm an appearance at the Brutal Assault 2012 Festival. The festival will be held from August 9-11, 2012 at the Old Army Fortress in Josefov, Czech Republic.

Amon Amarth will join the following bands who had previously confirmed:

Australia's Be'lakor, which had previously canceled a run of European tour dates, has now issued the following update about newly scheduled shows in Europe:

"We are very excited to be playing these dates in Germany, Portugal and England. It’s been a long time coming, and after some recent setbacks with the cancellation of dates, we have relied on our fans in Europe to help us in finding these shows. We owe a great gratitude to everyone who e-mailed us suggesting venues and contacts. Whilst we obviously couldn’t make it to every country in the short space of time that we have on this tour, we hope that some of the fans in other countries who have been waiting to see us will also be able to make it to one of these shows."

Australia's Be'lakor has issued the following comments about canceling several of their upcoming European shows:

"As many people have noticed over the past few days, we have unfortunately been dropped from the 'Assault of the Carnivores Tour 2010' in Baroeg, Holland - due to the apparent difficulties of organizing shows around August. This has been especially bad news for Be'lakor, as the Baroeg show was part of a series of up to 10 shows that were being organized through an agent of a prominent American death metal band for the remainder of our European tour.

"We are now faced with the extremely disappointing situation of having had nearly all of our tour pulled from beneath us (with the exception of Summer Breeze). None of this has been within our control and, given how close we are to August, has left us with the very difficult task of trying to find replacement shows.

"As we are sure that any fellow travellers will appreciate, the costs of travelling from Australia to Europe - especially for a small band like ours - are considerable. For this reason, it is essential to us that we make the most of this opportunity and play as many shows as possible. Needless to say, we are very unhappy with how things have worked out. More...

Australia's Be'lakor has issued the following update about performing a send off show before embarking on a European tour:

"Before we head off for our European tour, we're playing one last massive show in Melbourne: Saturday, August 7th at The Espy. Make sure you come along - it will probably be our last show in Australia for some time, because after we return from Europe we'll be getting back into the process of song writing as we work on our third album. Hope to see you all there!"

The dates and venues of Be'lakor's European tour, which will kick off in August, will be announced as they are made available.

Australia's Be'lakor has issued the following update about their upcoming tour dates with Turisas:

"Hey everyone, as most of you hopefully know, there has been a change for the Turisas tour. We are still supporting Turisas for their Aussie tour, however, as we announced recently, the Brisbane date (Friday May 21st) has been canceled. (For some reason, despite the fact that we have deleted this show from our tour calender on Myspace, it is still showing up on our page - please IGNORE this date). The problems with the tour were a result of Just Say Rock pulling out of their role as the event promoter/organizer.

"Luckily, Soundwave Touring has taken over the tour - but the Brisbance date has been dropped (this was not our call of course). So, apologies to all Brisbane-based fans. The following dates are still correct: SYDNEY Saturday 22nd May - The Factory Theatre (All Ages), MELBOURNE Sunday 23rd May - Billboard the Venue."

Australia's Be'lakor has issued the following statement about performing at the Summer Breeze festival and planning more European tour dates:

"Yes, it's finally happening. Be'lakor is coming to Europe! We're honoured to have been selected to play at Germany's massive Summer Breeze Festival in August of this year. Of course, more dates around Europe will be announced soon! Thanks to all the fans who have supported us for so long, and waited for us to get over to Europe to play. We can't wait."

More information on the Summer Breeze festival can be found here. Be'lakor's upcoming Australian dates are as follows:

Be'lakor has issued the following announcement about supporting Turisas for several upcoming Australian tour dates:

"It's been a great week for us! We're proud to announce that we will be supporting Finland's Turisas along the east coast of Australia for their upcoming Australian tour. What is essentially our first international support slot, we are very excited to be playing with Turisas and heading back to Brisbane and Sydney (with the final show in Melbourne) over one packed weekend in May. We will update the details under the gigs section on MySpace so stay tuned. If you live in or around any of these cities, come show some support and enjoy the gigs!"

Australian metallers Be'lakor, who recently signed to Kolony Records, have issued the following statement about their first live show of 2010:

"On Saturday January 9th, 2010, Be'lakor will take to the stage at The Arthouse in Melbourne. Also playing on the night will be three of Melbourne's best rising bands in melodic metal - Arbrynth, Rainshadow and Okera. This gig promises to be an amazing evening of dark, moving and melodic music, brought to you by White Noise Productions. Be'lakor's set will be over an hour long... with a few surprises in store. There are also plans to launch a new t-shirt design on the night (more news on that soon!) So, tell your friends, and hopefully we'll see you there on the night!"

Be'lakor released their album "Stones Reach" in Europe on November 30th, 2009.